The Barbarian
Crabby Old White Guy
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That is the problem with social media, it engenders angry and abusive speech because there is little time for introspection and thought. It becomes my side is right irregardless, there needs to be a third way a better way. Instead of the conservative yelling about being right all the time and instead of the liberal being self-righteous because they want to be right there should be dialog and question to find out were the other person is coming from.
Facts are essential to getting the conversation on the right track. But as you suggest, the facts alone won't make communication effective.
In a argument, it's always useful to try to put yourself in the mindset of the other person, just to see where he's coming from. Few of us are very good at it, though. It's worth working on, for almost all of us.
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